Pictures in the News | June 23, 2015

Tuesday’s Pictures in the News begins in Iowa, where the northern lights create a spectacular backdrop for an early morning fisherman. Forecasters said the northern lights may be able to be seen as far south as Iowa and Pennsylvania because of a severe solar storm that is pushing auroras to places where more people can possibly see them.

Coal City, Ill.: Debris surrounds vehicles after a suspected tornado swept into town, striking the high school, then moving southeast over homes and damaging a fire station.

Ventucopa, Calif.: A firefighter walks near the charred debris of a small aircraft that crashed near the Ventura-Santa Barbara county line. The single-engine plane was owned by Academy Award-winning composer James Horner.

Karachi, Pakistan: Deaths from a heatwave in a southern province climb to nearly 700. Citizens try to help each other, but the dead are accumulating at mortuaries.

Yerevan, Armenia: Armenian police use water canons to disperse protesters demonstrating an increase in electricity prices.

Add stops in Egypt, India, Canada, Seattle and Japan to round out the report.